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Show your Support for Needham becoming a Green Community – Select Board Hearing Wednesday, October 16th

Needham is close to becoming a Green Community, joining 240 other Massachusetts cities and towns, including 18 of our 20 comparable communities. Please join us at the Select Board’s public hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 in

Needham is Matting Change – Helping the Homeless Is “In The Bag”

We should all be bringing our own re-useable bags with us when you shop, but if we end up with a few single use plastic bags, here’s a great way to repurpose them. Intergenerational – and environmentally-friendly – mat-making at

What is One Person To Do?

Are you increasingly concerned about climate change and feeling rather helpless? Do you feel like your actions won’t really make a difference? Ironically, the best way to snap out of the climate action blues is to actually take some action.

Needham Drives Green – Hyundai Kona

This past May, my husband and I purchased our first electric car, a Hyundai Kona Electric. We love our Kona so far and really enjoy driving an electric car, especially driving past all those gas stations. Charging at home is

Solarize Plus Needham presents Meet the Installer event

Are you interested in reducing your home heating, cooling, and electricity bills while also lowering your carbon footprint? Solarize Plus Needham is up and running, with an important Meet the Installer event coming up on Thursday, September 26, 7:00 pm

September 20 Climate Strike Update

Are you ready to participate in a historic event? In less than one week, on Friday, September 20, young people and their supporters around the world will participate in a Global Climate Strike, demanding bold action to address the climate

The Needham EVangelist: EV…or not EV

EV…or Not EV If you are like many people I know, you may have asked yourself recently, “Should I trade my car in for an electric vehicle?” You see them gliding around town more and more. Maybe you know someone

Support the September 20 Boston Climate Strike

We are in the midst of a climate emergency. Young people in all parts of the world, fearing for their futures, are planning a week of climate action from September 20-27 to demand bold measures to transition away from fossil

Green Energy Consumers Alliance’s “Shave the Peak” – A new Way to Green the Grid

Turn down the heat a few degrees; turn air conditioning down or off for a time; use the dishwasher later in the evening — small actions taken by a large number of people can make a big difference. Join the

Green New Deal town hall with Senator Ed Markey in Framingham

Long before the Green New Deal, then-representative Ed Markey led the charge in the US House of Representatives for climate change legislation. In the summer of 2010, the United States was as close as it has ever been to addressing